Siemens Green Orders to Account for 25% of Total 2009 Sales

A Nov. 10 Wall Street Journal article said sales of green products at Siemens AG have increased 11 percent over the past year and are expected to account for 24% of the company's total 2009 sales. In other green news at Siemens, the company announced on Nov. 10 that it had nailed a $270 million contract for its wind turbines with Mexican wind energy developer Grupo Soluciones en Energias Renovables, is to build 70 wind turbines for the Los Vergeles wind farm in Tamaulipas, Mexico. The Wall Street Journal article said the project is intended to supply more than 200,000 Mexican households with clean power by the end of 2010.